That's a great question to ask. If they're bycatch, I don't think they would care too much but you never know. LadAShark - I would definitely make a call or two and figure out that answer
Velvet belly lanternsharks
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My research and asking around suggests it is. Very few fish species are illegal to hunt/collect. Sturgeons and basking sharks are two major ones.
I have checked it out. There are barely any laws restricting much of anything, none of which apply to any of the species I am concerned with. From what I know about Turkey, however, even those laws are rarely regulated, which is unfortunate.
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Put off working in Turkey for a year. Progress towards goal will be halted. I will continue to look into getting access to deepwater sharks elsewhere, or getting some velvet bellies/angular roughsharks sent to me, but for now it seems I will be putting off such experimentation.
I don't think you'll be able to get such a shark in the states.... at least alive
Well, there is a species of lantern shark that lives in the oregon coast, but you're right, I probably won't be able to get such a shark in the states. I am still going back and forth with the medical school there. It'll all be decided in a few days, and I'll just give up on keeping deepwater sharks for the most part if I stay here.
You'd be surprised to hear that there actually isn't any regulation involving these sharks here either. I made a mistake btw, there aren't lantern sharks on the oregon coast, but similar deepwater catsharks.
I'm thinking I will give up on collecting for now, however. What is different between here and there is that fishermen in Turkey would be more willing to lend a hand than fishermen (commercial, of course) here.
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